Table of Contents
Week of 11/25/2004

Articles

Gov't coin for Brit pix at top fests

 

Warner Bros. Subsid Losing Ruling on Status of Pic

 

Further Gov't Tax Crackdown Threatens U.K Industry

 

Syndie's talk soup cools off

 

On Dasher! On Dancer! On Prancer! On Kelsey Grammer!

 

Blighty TV eyes global market

 

Sophs hit their stride

 

Turning off the television

 

Sputnik set to take to the air

 

Discovery discovers fresh lifestyle niche

 

BBC Food is in the soup over blurb

 

Globo on track with railway skein

 

Crystal solo perf shines

 

Box office bumps up a bit

 

Carrying late composers' tunes

 

'Dirty' tuner takes first steps Down Under

 

Rousselet rustles up 'War' coin

 

Guadalajara fest expands prize pool

 

Killing the ghosts

 

German pact pushes co-prod'n

 

Brits get soccer kicks

 

'Love' is breakthrough for Egypt

 

Will Freston notice blast from the past?

 

Oz distribs jostle for pix

 

Austrian pic reaps Magyar benefit

 

World auds seduced by 'Bridget Jones'

 

Bollywood is big B.O. overseas

 

Game creator ready for pix

 

'Sinful Saint' wins Philipine plaudits

 

Hanging on Peterson tale

 

Brussels sprouts ill feeling to Italy

 

Looking like a 'Million' bucks

 

Suit tramps over 'Lady'

 

Viacom sets tough tasks

 

Anchors away

 

Legiters trill encore bash

 

Sponging off kiddies

 

Weinstein commands royal audience

 

Hanks handed Bambi

 

Offbeat 'Seinfeld' bash

 

'Phantom' shops its wares

 

WGA does lunch

 

Emmy goes global

 

Arty pix get no traction action

 

'Treasure' buries foes

 

BBC's holiday cheer

 

Cablevision swaps debt

 

Laffers to launch on Murdoch's Sky Italia

 

S. African pic tackles AIDS

 

Eye gobbles up Thursday auds

 

Gala turns on Porchlight

 

Alphabet enthusiastic about helmer-producer

 

NBC U exex reshuffled

 

Redstone, Gere talk AIDS at U.N.

 

Sony treks to China

 

Newport will honor Noyce with Pell lifetime film nod

 

Competition trailer-made for students

 

Great white gloom

 

Mass. toughest on pirates

 

Ebersol survives plane crash

 

After the trial: a free-for-all?

 

Omni playing world 'Music'

 

Europe conquered by 'Incredibles'

 

It's a 'Girl' thing: WB pic packs big punch

 

'Neverland' grows up

 

Donald Faison

 

It's Mitchell's time to spring Mouse trap

 

AFTRA funds embezzler pleads guilty

 

Clarkson coming aboard Telefilm

 

NBC's new sked head

 

Madison takes road to original prod'n

 

Comedy has 'Last Laugh'

 

Duo will launch Ars Nova banner

 

Mount Savage, Pompian plot pics

 

Foxx hosts CBS 'Holidays'

 

Filmmaker will scare up tween aud with horror pic

 

NYU and Def team unveil film grad prize

 

Lost Hughes pix surface

 

Chernin free to jump ship

 

'Chicago' duo brushes up 'Hairspray'

 

'Engagement' is off

 

'Housewives' hits new high

 

Billions at disc risk

 

Kirch's legal perch

 

'Moon' doc shines over IDFA kudos

 

Richard Dembo

 

RAI banking on flotation

 

Ruth Manning

 

BT bows showbiz unit with Marks in charge

 

Sundance stepping to an int'l rhythm

 

Iran pic tops Greek fest

 

Moore set to receive IFP kudo

 

Helmer, cast join 'Ashley'

 

Nat'l Board set to fete Schickel

 

Broadway has reason to give thanks

 

Canucks add TV incentive

 

 

Film fest gets new name, local coin

 

Sharman squeezed

 

Television Week's Block to garner journalism nod

 

Hotter 'Housewives'

 

Brosnan talks pix and Lego bricks

 

Discovery's Root grows spec, skeins

 

Fox takes a look at 'Peep'

 

Great overseas B.O.

 

Board says Eisner made all the calls

 

Double trouble in Brit tax break

 

Televisa taps Rallo tech VP

 

Fox Latin America boosts Martinez

 

Lions Gate puts 'Bee' in its bonnet

 

Cassavetes to pump 'Iron' for New Line

 

Euro film org hosts actors summit

 

Disney takes Teuton tyke TV titles

 

Corrections

 

Helmer buoys 'Engagement'

 

Spacey basks in 'Sea' of applause

 

Pacino feasts on 'Venice'

 

'Aquatic' swims to life on fat budget

 

Dishing up holiday cheer

 

CameraPlanet closes TV, digital film ops

 

Barrymore dies at 72

 

Netflix, IFP link on screeners

 

E! to broadcast starry concert for Nobel winner

 

WCBS reclaims 'Judy'

 

Miramax hands off romance to Kessler

 

Evangelist theater

 

Duo dining together

 

Par corrals Wolf pitch

 

EMI taps media maven

 

Casady set to produce WGA show

 

Blurbs binge by 10%

 

Lear's Concord spins Zaentz's Fantasy label

 

Liberty Media raises Clasen

 

Cartoon adopts rights to Taffy's 'Pet Alien'

 

TV's blond ambition

 

Damon's 'Good' for U

 

Funny men pair for Sony

 

'Normal' sitcom makes its way to ABC Family

 

Bergen a 'Legal' eagle

 

'Joey' gets a visit from an angel

 

Amnesty for Oscar entries

 

Cavu's buying weighty 'Lbs.'

 

James Caparro

 

Joel Schoenfeld, Russell Wolff

 

Tiffany Iino

 

Billy Hall

 

Henry Ahn

 

Brett Ashy

 

Jesus Lara

 

Sonja Brugger

 

Kevin Sullivan, Mike McCarley

 

Jeff Zeitz

 

Cynthia Lopez

 

Chad Hamilton

 

Jenny Alonzo

 

Bob O'Neill

 

Ken Lo

 

Nicole Dezen

 

Par, BSkyB plan Brit 'ET'

 

Scribe carries on Van Gogh trilogy

 

Nominees: Spirit Awards hoist a glass to 'Sideways'

 

Canal Plus extends Fox film deal to 2012

 

'Miami' hot for CBS

 

Zhang back to roots along 'Riding' path

 

Japan pic fund starting strong

 

U.S. auteurs join 'Dance

 

'Drake' takes the cake

 

Argentina pols mull investment cap

 

'Q' marks spot for reality TV crossroads

 

WB pix go broadband in Europe

 

'Ghost' still haunts Sci Fi

 

Malone partners in Japan cable play

 

Actors set to talk

 

Chair up in the air

 

ABC's 'Desperate' surge nearly wins

 

FX fills up on Spurlock docu skein

 

Leroy Aarons

 

CBS' November to remember

 

Oz thesps say blurb strike likely

 

Litvack: No cause for axing Ovitz

 

Dubai looks West for film shoots

 

Middle Eastern Broadcasting helps center's appeal

 

Web of desire

 

Local pix soar with Arabian Nights

 

Media City boosts post-oil economy

 

Desert bloom

 

Tubes tied

 

Nets get friendly about family during TV forum

 

Meet the press

 

Still in Fox family

 

No mere 'Idol' threat

 

Sundance VP turns page

 

Fest entry deadline is Monday

 

Sony stakes claim on summer '06 slot

 

Teutonic plaudits for Valenti

 

Military overtakes Wings

 

NATPE scores industry names for Vegas confab

 

KCAL in Dodgers' dugout

 

Thesps of 'Like' mind joining Collette

 

Int'l marketer Clark to UIP

 

Despite its rep, L.A. is legit

 

Fund lauds praiser pair

 

'Sideways' star will follow 'Paper' trail

 

Pic turns N.Y. into 'Sunshine' state

 

First Look nabs 'Chrystal' rights

 

WGA staffers set vote on unionization

 

Viv U tech company sale subject of probe

 

Thriller pitch crosses Line

 

Nair, Filardi will doctor 'Gangsta M.D.' remake

 

Ebersol family mourns

 

Breakthrough Directors

 

Breakthrough Actors

 

Cossette sings swan song to Grammycast

 

Documentary Nominees

 

Best Feature Nominees

 

Pix lining up behind Usher

 

Live from New York, it's the Gothams

 

Dan Talbot

 

Don Cheadle

 

Mike Leigh

 

Foreign films cross kudo category boundaries

 

Gothams gaga over grads

 

Screener war vets bond post-ban

 

They'll take Manhattan

 

Shouting match

 

Crudup, Goldblum hit the 'Pillow' on B'way

 

Blockbuster sweetens its offer for H'wood

 

Peter Pan picked

 

Chinese TV channels Dr. Ruth, with mask

 

Warner inks Scandi online pic pact

 

'Volcano' to erupt at BBC

 

Scots raid pirates

 

E! inks deal with sat MultiChoice

 

Japan coming down on piracy

 

Congloms partner for theater date

 

Localia gets hand from Peacock

 

Brazilian fest lauds 'Dark,' 'Metal'

 

Star shines on Disney

 

Bollywood star's AIDS crusade

 

Rachael Leigh Cook

 

Chiwetel Ejiofor

 

'Bomb' bow a blast

 

Church blurb nixed

 

Nintendo's game to produce own pix

 

Filling a war chest

 

Correction

 

Abbey Theater lands $2.7 mil Irish grant

 

Gotham, or change

 

Good vibrations for Wilson

 

Femmes ward off winter chill

 

Andrews reflects on 'Poppins'

 

Godzilla rampages thru H'w'd for 50th anni

 

True fashionistas overwhelm scribe

 

'Mary' pops back in

 

Nosotros rallies round founder

 

ASC honors Italo lenser

 

Eyes on ethics and expenses

 

Tolan goes Farr with laffer

 

NBC retools post-sweeps

 

Broder Webb makes it real

 

Auds find 'Gilligan'

 

UMG eyes music channel

 

MTV raises Greco to sr. VP

 

Mouse to welcome Lauder exec on board

 

Fox News audience up 70% in November

 

Majors invade Asia Media Festival

 

Blizzard of bizzers backs breaks

 

Artie Mogull

 

Hal Sitowitz

 

Anthony (Tony) Magro

 

ICM anoints indie pic player

 

IFP kudos lean 'Sideways'

 

Seeing Redstone

 

Ving wings way to indie pic 'Animal'

 

Staddon tapped as Fox exec VP of marketing

 

WB prefers 'Blondes'

 

Fox's launching a 'War'

 

Sunset-Gower site sold

 

'Fog' rolls in for helmer

 

Todd nabs pair at ABC

 

Naomie Harris

 

Purcell in on 'Prison Break'

 

Reviews

The Sapphires

Blithe Spirit

Dirty Dancing

Tears for Fears

Yellowcard; The Starting Line; Days Away; HeyMike!

Social Distortion

Vanessa

A Word With Orlando

That May Well Be True

Burn This

Wonderful Town

Love At 16

Henry's Film Corner

The Librarian: Quest for the Spear

The Big Con

Angels in America

Evil Remains

Holy Lola

My Name Is Modesty

Narco

The Real Gilligan's Island

Mitch Albom's the Five People You Meet in Heaven

Bill Charlap

Grand Hotel - The Musical

Duck Hunter Shoots Angel

The Right Kind of People

Singing Astaire

36 Quai des Orfevres

Things That Make Living Worthwhile

Monsterthursday

Rodney's Wife

Me And My Sister

Lakeside Murder Case


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